The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation selected The Task Force for Global Health (The Task Force), an international organization dedicated to addressing large-scale health problems primarily affecting people living in extreme poverty, as this year’s recipient of the Hilton Humanitarian Prize—the world’s largest humanitarian prize.
The Task Force has been a pioneer in global health since its founding 32 years ago, and it currently reaches hundreds of millions of people in 151 countries through programs focusing on neglected tropical diseases, vaccines, field epidemiology, public health informatics, and health workforce development. The organization collaborates with partners in diverse sectors, including pharmaceutical companies and health agencies in other countries, on comprehensive disease control and elimination programs.
They will receive $2 million in unrestricted funding and join 20 other nonprofit organizations that have received this Prize during the last two decades, and will be honored at this year’s international Humanitarian Symposium in New York on September 30.
Wonderful organization doing important work worldwide. Congratulations.